imported>Entranced98: Adding local short description: "Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States", overriding Wikidata description "mountain in United States of America"

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Adding local short description: "Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States", overriding Wikidata description "mountain in United States of America"

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{{Short description|Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Butler Knob
| photo = 2Butler Knob.jpg
| photo_caption = <small>Butler Knob</small>
| elevation_ft = 2,320
| elevation_ref =
| prominence =
| location = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| range = [[Appalachian Mountains]]
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Butler Knob (PA)
| first_ascent = unknown
| easiest_route = drive up
}}

'''Butler Knob''' is a peak on the [[Jacks Mountain]] ridge in south central [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]]. The "Knobs" summit is underlain with weather resistant [[quartzite]] of the Tuscarora Formation (Silurian Age). Butler Knob is accessible by a rough road, where there is a closed [[firetower]] on the summit. The firetower presently hold a weather station that gives current forecasts for the area (see link below).

There are views available from a nearby [[scree slope]]. The views are mainly east, south and west from here; the summits of [[Big Mountain (Pennsylvania)|Big Mountain]], [[Sideling Hill]], [[Williamsburg Mountain]] and [[Blue Knob]] can be seen in the distance. Butler Knob is located within the [[Rothrock State Forest]], all camping and activities on the mountain are subject to the rules and regulations of that agency.

[[File:Butler Knob view.jpg|thumb|left| View east from summit of Butler Knob.]]

==References==

Alan R. Geyer (1979) "''Outstanding Geologic Features of Pennsylvania''", [[Geological Survey of Pennsylvania]]

Charles H. Shultz (1999) "''The Geology of Pennsylvania''", [[Geological Survey of Pennsylvania]] {{ISBN|0-8182-0227-0}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040225202839/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/stateforests/rothrock.aspx Rothrock State Forest]
*[http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=40.29314&lon=-77.96696&s=100&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG25 Butler Knob Topo Map]
*[http://www.findlocalweather.com/7DayOutlook/pa/jacks+mountain+firetower.html Jacks Mountain firetower weather page]

{{Mountains of Pennsylvania}}

{{coord|40.29314|-77.96696|region:US-PA_type:mountain|display=title}}

[[Category:Mountains of Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Landforms of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]]

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imported>Entranced98: Adding local short description: "Mountain in Pennsylvania, United States", overriding Wikidata description "mountain in United States of America"